Tulasi Vivaha, also called Tulasi Kalyanam is a Hindu festival, in which a ceremonial wedding of the goddess Tulasi,The personification of the holy basil, a form of Lakshmi with a shaligrama or an amla branch, The personifications of Vishnu is held.
The Tulasi wedding signifies the end of the monsoon, and the beginning of the wedding season in Hinduism.
The ceremonial festival is performed anytime between Prabodhini Ekadashi (the eleventh or twelfth lunar day of the bright fortnight of the Hindu month of Kartika) and Kartika Purnima (the full moon of the month). The day varies regionally.
Our scriptures such as saknda purana, Padma Purana and Shiva Purana features Tulsi.
The wedding ceremony of Tulasi to Vishnu/Krishna resembles the traditional Hindu wedding.
The wedding ceremony of Tulasi to Vishnu/Krishna resembles the traditional Hindu wedding.
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